Richard Gould (abt. 1530 - aft. 1558)

Born about 1530 in Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Unknown) Gould — married about 1546 in England

Descendants

Died after 4 Dec 1558 after about age 28 in Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire, England

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Biography

Richard Gould / Gold was born about 1530, son of Thomas Gould and Alice (Mandeville) Gould. ^[1][2][3][4] in Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England.^[5]

He married (perhaps as his second wife), Jane, widow of Unknown Weden. By her possibly he had two sons, Richard and Henry. ^[2]

Children with Jane: ^[3][2][4]

1. Richard, b abt 1553, of Bovingdon, father of Jeremy (m Priscilla Grover, son Daniel married Wait Coggeshall), John (children included Zaccheus and elizabeth), Zaccheus (b 1589, d 1670 at Topsfield, book about this person)
2. Henry, of Chalfont St. Peter; b abt 1555, died 1605; married Alice ______.

Daughters may be Jane's, from previous marriage:

1. Alice Weeden ?? Bapt. 24 May 1589 in Middlesex, England??^[6]
2. Jane Weeden ??
3. unnamed

Richard Gould died after December 4, 1558

His will, dated December 4, 1558, and proved October 10, at Stoke Mandeville (a place about twelve miles north-northwest from Bovington, between Windover and Ayelsbury), signifies his desire to be buried at Bovingdon.^[3][1][4]. His will mentions wife Jane, sons Henry and Richard, daughters of Alice and Jane Weeden. Witnessed by Thomas Gold and others. The will is somewhat decayed and a portion of it destroyed. Children: Henry, of Chalfont St Peter died 1605; wife Alice; Richard, born about 1553. The will of his widow, Jane, dated Stoke Mandeville 1559, June 26, and proved 1560, March 29, makes bequests to her son, William, and three daughters not named. She was probably a second wife of Richard and not the mother of his children.^[1][4]

The will of his widow Jane, dated Stoke Mandeville 1559 June 26 and proved 1560 March 29, makes bequests to her son William and three daughters, not named.^[4], She was probably a second wife of Richard and not the mother of all of his children. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Gould-Chamberlain-Pratt-Moulton, The Heroes of the American Revolution and Their Descendants: Battle of Long Island, By Henry Whittemore, The Heroes of the Revoution Publishing Co., 1897. GoogleBooks., on family search Page 180
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} "Ancestry and Posterity of Zaccheus Gould". By Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Essex Institute historical collections, Volume 11, By Essex Institute, Salem Mass Published by the Essex Institute 1878. Page 119-120 on GoogleBooks. on Internet Archive: Page 8
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs ..., Volume 4, edited by William Richard Cutter, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1908. GoogleBooks., on Internet Archive: Vol. 4, Page 1650
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} The Family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield, By Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Thos. P. Nichols., Lynn, Mass., 1895. Google Books, on Internet Archive: Page 16-17
5. ↑ Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #2346, Date of Import: Jul 1, 1996
6. ↑ "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:818W-2J6Z : 9 September 2020), Richard Gould in entry for Alles Gould, 1589.

• Cutter, William Richard. Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1908)
• Gould, Benjamin. The Ancestry and Posterity of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield (Essex Institute, Salem, 1872)
• Gould, Benjamin. The Family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield (Thos. P. Nichols, Lynn, Mass., 1895)
• Gould, Benjamin Apthorp. Ancestry and Posterity of Zaccheus Gould, Essex Institute Historical Collections (Salem, Massachusetts, 1872) Vol. 11, Page 120.